REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY
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COLONEL JOSEPH BORDEN HOME
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BORDENTOWN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL
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Bordentown War Memorial Wall
Farnsworth Ave. and Railroad Ave.
Map / Directions to the Bordentown War Memorial
Map / Directions to all Bordentown Revolutionary War Sites
This is memorial to Bordentown veterans of all wars. The first section lists the names of Bordentown Revolutionary War soldiers[4]:
Joseph Adams
Edward Allan
Ell Anderson
Andrew Applegate
James Applegate
Abner Arey
Samuel Bailey
John Barnes
Zebulon Barton
James Bell
William Bennett
Aaron Biddle
Jacob Biddle
Moses Biddle
John Black
Philip Bound
Jesse Borden
Job Borden
John Borden
Joseph Borden, Jr.
Joseph Borden 3rd
Mathias Bordon
William Borden
Benjamin Brown
Henry Brown
Peter Brown
John Brown
John Brown
John Brown, Jr.
Joseph Brown
Thomas Brown
William Brown
Zebulon Brown
John Bryant
Joseph Budd
William Budd
Abel Bunting
Ramoth Bunting
Isarel Carl
David Cavaleer
Zebulon Chambers
Zachariah Clevenger
John Clutch
Joel Cook
William Cook, Jr.
John Coward
Joseph Cox
Marmaduke Curtis
Thomas Curtis
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Josiah Davis
Aaron Deacon
Alexander Douglass
John Douglass
John Douglass
John Dunn
William Dunn
Daniel Farnsworth
Benjamin Fenimore
James Fenimore
Sameul Fenimore
Thomas Fenimore
Richard R. Field
Thomas Field
William Ford
Samuel Forker
John Fort
John Foster
John Foulks
James Gamble
Samuel Gamble
Caleb Gaskill
Samuel Gaskill
Thomas Gibbs
William Gordon
William Grant
Thomas Haines
David Hall
John Hammill
Joseph Hankins
Isaac Harrison
William Hays
David Hendrickson
Oakey Hoagland
Joseph Howard
James Howell
Josiah Hunt
John Hutchinson
Thomas Hutchinson
Edward Isdell
Josiah Jenkins
Nathaniel Jenkins
John Johnson
John Jones
David Kelly
Jacob Kirby
Joseph Kirkbride
James Lanning
Benjamin Lawrence
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Jacob Lawrence
John Lawrence
James Lawrie
William Lewis
Elias Longstreet
John Longstreet
Lott Lovelace
Ely Matthews
Levi Merritt
William Mershon
James Maxwell
Joel Middleton
John Middleton
Thomas Middleton
George Miles
Joseph Miller
Alexander Montgomery
James Murdock
Alexander Nelson
Theodore Newell
Silas Newton
John Norcross
William Norcross
William Norcross
John Oliver
William Oliver
Thomas Page
Joseph Pancoast
Abraham Parker
Isaac Parker
Joseph Parker
Thomas Parker
Nathan Patterson
Daniel Pearson
John Pearson
John Pearson
Joseph Pearson
Joseph Porter
Thomas Potter
William Potts
Joseph Quigley
Robert Quigley
Moses Quigley
Thomas Quigley
James Raymond
Charles Read
Peter Reed
Anthony Reckless
Robert Reckless
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Bowes Reed
John Reeves
Jacob Richardson
William Roads
William Rockhill
Richard Rose
John Salter, Jr.
John Salter, Sr.
John Schooley
Samuel Schooley
Benjamin Shreve
Caleb Shreve
Isarel Shreve
John Shreve
John Shreve
Joshua Shreve
Richard Shreve
William Shreve
William Shreve
Benjamin Smith
John Steward
Robert Sutton
John Taylor
John Taylor
Samuel Teal
Martin Thomas
Hambleton Thompson
Abram Tilton
Thomas Tobin
Jacob Trout
William Trout
John Vanemburgh
Joseph Vandyke
Barnabas Vansciver
John Watson
John Watson
William Watson
William Wilgus
John Wilkinson
John Wilson
C. Wood
John Wood
William Wood
William Wood
A. Woodward
Thomas Woodward
George M. Wright
James Wright
Thomas Wright |
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BORDEN'S TOWNE MARKER
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Borden's Towe Marker
100 Crosswicks St.
In front of Clara Barton School
Map / Directions to the Borden's Towne Marker
Map / Directions to all Bordentown Revolutionary War Sites
A plaque in front of the school reads:
"Borden's Towne - settled 1682. Following the Continental Army's retreat across the Delaware River in Decemeber 1776, 2,000 Hessian and Scots troops commanded by Colonel Kurt Vondonop occupied this towne.
"A small band of American's under Colonel Samuel Griffin lured these troops toward Mt. Holly prior to George Washington's attack on Trenton, thus contributing to his victory on December 26.
" The town was pillaged and sections burned by the British on May 8, and June 23, 1778.
" [5]
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PATIENCE LOVELL WRIGHT HOUSE
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Patience Lovell Wright House
100 Farnsworth Ave.
Map / Directions to the Patience Lovell Wright House
Map / Directions to all Bordentown Revolutionary War Sites
A Women's Heritage Trail plaque at the house explains:
"Patience Lovell Wright was America's first professional sculptor and a self-appointed Revolutionary War spy. A native of Bordentown, she lived in this house after her marriage to Joseph Wright in 1748. She learned how to sculpt wax figurines and the two women created wax exhibits, which they took on tour, reciveing commissions for portraits. Patience Wright was the first American artist to focus on creating wax figurines of living sculpures. While in London, Wright met Ben Franklin, who introduced her to many prominent members of London society, and she was commissioned to create sculptures of the king and quenn of England. As relations worsened between England and AMerica, Wright took it upon herself to become a spy, and send information home to America hidden in wax heads. The only remaining full-size work of Wright's that exists today is a wax figure displayed in Westminster Abbey, London. Wright remained in England for the rest of her life." [6] |
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THOMAS PAINE STATUE
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Thomas Paine Statue
Prince St. and Courtland St.
Map / Directions to the Thomas Paine Statue
Map / Directions to all Bordentown Revolutionary War Sites
"I had rather see my horse button in his own stable, or eating the grass of Bordentown, than see all the pomp and show of Europe." - Letter from Europe 1789
Thomas Paine 1737-1809 Father of the American Revolution"
Paine's words and deeds put the concepts of independence, equality, democracy, abolition of slavery, representative government and a constitution with a bill of wrights on the American agenda.
Paine considered Bordentown his home; it is here he invented his bridge. ." [7] |
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BRITISH RAID MARKER
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British Raid Marker
End of Prince St.
Map / Directions to the Thomas Paine House
Map / Directions to all Bordentown Revolutionary War Sites
"Waters of the Crosswicks Creek and the Delaware River join below. 22 vessels at Bordentown and 4 at White Hill were among the 44 that were destroyed in a British raid on May 8, 1778. All were trapped in the Upper Delaware when the British took Philadelphia in September 1777. Sites in Crosswicks Creek containing the remains of the two vessels are listed in the National Register of Historic Places" [8] |
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Sources:
1. ^ Plaque erected by the Bordentown Rotary Club.
2. ^ Placed by the Francis Hopkinson Chapter - Daughters of the American Revolution, June 22, 1921
3. ^ State of New Jersey Historic sign
4. ^ List of Bordentown Revolutionary War soldiers from the Bordentown War Memorial Wall
5. ^ Text of Borden's Towne boulder plaque
6. ^ Women's Herititage Trail sign, placed by Departmen of Community Affairs / New Jersey Historic Trust, and the Department of Environmental Protection / Historic Preservation Office
7. ^ Text on the base of the Thomas Paine statue, Dedicated to the People of Bordentown from the Bordentown Historical Society 6-7-97
8. ^ Plaque commemorated May 20, 1990 by Rancocas Valley Chapter - National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
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